I get up
short devotions
out in the fields to work
rice and fish paste for breakfast
school
short rest at noon -- no lunch
back to school
back to the farm
rice and fish paste for dinner
hand wash laundry
clean up
bed
repeat
again
some more
three years...
My name is Ehthamu
God gave me visions. Three of them. I met him. He is with me. But this was after. After I walked for days from my village in Myanmar to escape, to survive. I don't know where my family is. Are they dead? Are they looking for me?
Six years I have no school.
Six years I am a refugee in a camp.
Six years I am alone.
I leave, I must try to find my family. They live! They couldn't believe I was alive!
I came to Thoo Mweh Khee. It's a Christian School, Six hundred of us here by the border. I have food. I have shelter. I have a future.
I am 23. I am in 3rd grade.
Grace School invites me to come to visit. I know them! They come out every year to give us games and laughter and fun. They give us hope.
Seventy of us ride to Chiang Mai. This is a rare treat! We get different food-- a LOT of food -- more than twice a day! We get to practice our English and try new things. We sing for them.
The three days went fast! I know what I need to do. I need to learn more and go back to my village to tell them about Jesus. They don't know about Him....yet.
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"Despite the difficult life they lead, they have joy." -Callum, 12th grader @ GIS
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"She is 21 and just now learning subtraction. I never thought as homework as a gift. I am so thankful for Grace School." -Kati, Senior @ GIS
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"This is hardship,
pain, and desperation on a scale I cannot imagine. It is also opportunity for
the gospel which we dare not overlook.
I want to care for refugees
because the gospel, as embodied in Jesus, is for people in the most desperate
of situations. Jesus not only taught us but showed us that he came for
those with little or no hope, the homeless, the dispossessed, and the
overlooked. "
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More info: Thoo Mweh Khee Migrant Learning Center
